| 单词 | old gooseberry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold gooseberry a. slang. old gooseberry = the deuce (deuce n.2 b); esp. to play (†up) old gooseberry, to make havoc (†see also quot. 1796). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > cause devastation to make stressa1400 to make havoc1480 ravage1604 to work havoca1774 to play (up) old gooseberry1827 to play havoc1910 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) (at cited word) He played up old gooseberry among them; said of a person who, by force or threats, suddenly puts an end to a riot or disturbance. 1827 Sporting Mag. 21 144 Several of the gentlemen rode over the dressed grounds and played old gooseberry with them. 1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xxxviii. 447 I'll play Old Gooseberry with the office, and make you glad to buy me out at a good high figure. 1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burtons III. xiii. 149 You should have a tea~stick, and take them [dogs] by the tail..and lay on like old gooseberry. 1883 R. Gower My Reminisc. II. xxvii. 249 A great gale..played old gooseberry with the boats. < as lemmas |
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